The World We Have Lost: Further Explored - Softcover

Laslett, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415228336 ISBN 13: 9780415228336

Publisher: Routledge, 1999

Synopsis

This updated re-issue of the third edition has been able to take account of the enormous amount of research which has been published since the second enabling Peter Laslett to draw a much more detailed picture and reach fuller conclusions.

The World We Have Lost is a pioneering work in a new field of enquiry - the study of family and class, kinship and community in England after the Middle Ages and before the changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution.

The book explores:

*size and structure of families in pre-industrial England
*the number and position of servants in different households
*rates of migration
*ability to read and write
*the size and constituency of villages, cities and classes
*conditions of work
*social mobility.

For all students of early modern history, this is a book that demands a place on their reading list.

About this title

Review

`It will remain our classic guide to the lost world of the past, a tribute to one of the great pioneering imaginative historians of our time.' - New Society

Synopsis

An updated re-issue of the third edition of this classic guide to family and community in England after the Middle Ages and before the changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415228336
• ISBN 13: 9780415228336
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 376